Losers of 12 of their last 13 games, the Warriors host a streaking Indiana Pacers team at Chase Center on Friday night before departing on a five-game East Coast road trip.
Friday's game will feature two teams headed in opposite directions. While Golden State might have hit a new low in a 129-96 blowout loss to the Utah Jazz on Wednesday, the Pacers have been playing some of their best ball of the season, having won seven of their last nine games with the only losses coming in Miami and Utah to the current second-place teams in each conference.
At 29-16, Indiana currently sits fifth in the East, thanks in large part to the all-around contributions of big man Domantas Sabonis, who is averaging 17.9 points, 12.9 rebounds and 4.3 assists per contest on 53.6 percent shooting from the field. The Warriors were going to have their hands full with him, and that was before the reported trade of Willie Cauley-Stein to the Dallas Mavericks earlier in the day.
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Here's how to watch Friday night's game between the Warriors and Pacers:
When: Friday, Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m. PT, pregame begins at 6:30 p.m.
TV channel: NBC Sports Bay Area
Live stream: MyTeams App
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